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POCKET BooK TASTENING.

I795'." Patented May 151888;l

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' ATTORNEYS.

'UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

ROBERT L. Born, or NEW YORK, N. JY. Y

PooKeT-BooK EASTENING.

SPECIFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 382.795, dated May 15, 1888.

Application filed March 17,1888. Serial )10.267,480. (No model.) y

To all whom tm/wy concern:

. Be itknown that I, ROBERT L. BOYD, of the city, county, and State of New York, have in having a hook-shaped jaw is adapted to en?l gage a corresponding jaw on a base-plate attached to the body of the pocket-book, and the base-plate is provided with a movable button arranged to be pushed over the engaging jaws to lock them together. v

The object of my improvementis to secure a simpler, stronger, and more convenient fastening of thisv character than has been heretofore attained; and the invention consists of a novel' construction and combination of parts, substantially as hereinafter fully described, andas distinctly claimed.

Reference is to be had'to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding 'parts in all the figures. v Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pocketbook provided with a fastening embodying my improvement, the fastening being unlocked. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the fastening when locked. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the under side of the body-fastener. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the flapfastener.

The body-fastener A (shown detached in Fig. 3) is composed,mainly, of a metallic base-plate,

' B, and a locking-button, C.

The base-plate B is formed, preferably,with bottom claws, D, adapted to be passed through the body E of the pocket-book and bent over upon the inside of the same, or upon a metallic re-enforcing plate, F, as may be necessary vated thereabove and conforming to the general oval outline, on which seat is adapted to slide the corresponding oval locking-button, C, before mentioned.

rllhe top of the seat B'is formed with a lougitudinal slot,l, closed at both ends, through which is passed a shank, I,projecting from the under side of the button C, andhaving on its lower end ahead, J, which rides on a fric'- tion-spring, K, attached to the under side of the base-plate, the arrangement being such that the button can be slid forward over the jaw G to coincide with and cover the correspondingly-shaped base-plate or retracted to uncover the jaw, as shown in Fig. 1, `and will be heldy stifly in either position.

The iiap-fastener L (shown detached in Fig. 4) is formed of an oval piece ofthin metal stamped up at one end to form a curved ridge, M, land folded upon itself, so as toreceive between its folds the edge.` of the flap, which is suitably -secured thereto, and a sharply-inf clined hook-shaped jaw, N, corresponding to i that on the base-plate is provided,prefer ably, by soldering a separate properlybeveled strip to the under side of the plate along the edge of 'v the fold. The construction andarrangement is such that the' jaw Non theA Hap-fastener can be readily engaged with that on the baseplate, and when the button is slid forward on its seat .to lock the jaws together the oval end of the buttonwill be guided by a cam action between the converging sides of the ridge M on the flap-fastener and therespective fasteners thus centered.

The button being ablerto slide only and not j consisting of a base-plate attached to the body of the pocket-book and formed with a hooka shaped jaw and an elevated seat, a plate attached to the Hap of the pocket-book andformed with a hook-shaped jaw adapted to engage that on the body base-plate, and a lock ing-button mounted to slide lengthwise on the said elevated seat over the engaging-jaws, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the body and Hap of a pocket-book, of a base-plate attached to the body and formed with a transverse jaw and an elevated seat, a button mounted to slide on said seat over the jaw and having a front cam end, and a fastener attached to the flap having a transverse jaw adapted to engage that on the base-plate, and formed with converging cam-ridges to receive and guidethe camended button, substantially as described.

3. The herein-described fastening for pocketbooks, consisting of a body base-plate provided with attaching-claws and formed with a jaw extending entirely across the tip of the oval and having an inner face inclined sharply button, and a transverse hook-shapedjaw pro- 25 jeoting from the face opposite the ridge, substantially as described.

ROBT. L. BOYD.

Witnesses:

P. HARTMANN, CLARENCE L. BURGER. 

